Tournament:

Texas Open Kendo Taikai

The Texas Open Kendo Taikai kendo tournament was started in 1999 and is open to participants of yon dan (4th degree) and above who are current or prospective members of the AUSKF and the International Kendo Federation (IKF)

The Texas Open Kendo Taikai is hosted by the Dallas/Fort Worth Kendo & Iaido Kyokai and is held in Dallas, Texas in conjunction with the Nabeshima Cup Taikai.

The following is a brief summary of past tournament results:  

Year
 1st place
 2nd place
 3rd place
Yasuo Ishikawa
(Arvada, CO)
Curtis Marsten
(Renton, WA)
Kwang Chong
(Woodside, NY)
Kantosho (Kiyoshi Abe Fighting Spirit):
Micho Kajitani (Little Rock)
Koki Abe
(Oklahoma City)
Michio Kajitani
(Arkansas)
Kiyoshi Abe
(Japan)
2003 - 3rd  Jin-Kee Hyun
(Dallas)		 Curtis Marsten
(Renton, WA)		 Kiyoshi Abe
(Dallas)		 Tetsuji Yamaguchi
(Dallas)
2001 - 2nd Mark Uchida
(Col. Springs)		 Shinji Isayama
(San Antonio)		 Dick Anderson
(Seattle)		 Tom Hooper
(NY Ken Zen)
1999 - 1st Russell Ichimura
(Dallas)		 Kiyoshi Abe
(Dallas)		 Mark Uchida
(Col. Springs)
 NA

the concept of kendo is to discipline the human character through the application of the principles of the katana

Last Updated: Thursday, May 3, 2007